Tom VanHaaren Article on Rashan Gary visit

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No. 1 ranked Rashan Gary and his mother recap first official visit to Michigan: http://t.co/Cf7o1Oa6fh pic.twitter.com/pVPyLnJMEn

— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) September 30, 2015
 
 
  • Paywalled. Nothing but good news out of the visit. 
  • His mom left impressed especially from the academics perspective. 
  • Gary said everything matched up with all the great things he had heard about fall Saturdays at the Big House. 
  • Although his commitment is still far off, this would be a win of astronomical proportions for Harbaugh and Michigan. It may be even bigger than Jabrill. 

orangeda

September 30th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^

They told Da'Shawn that he was not guaranteed acceptance into the Engineering school, and that he would have to go through the same application process as everyone else after his first two years, which is notoriously difficult.  Not only that, but he'd also almost certainly have to redshirt due to the class schedule for prospective engineering freshman students, as it would interfere too much with his practice schedule for him to earn playing time.  These are the reasons they were trying to sell him on Sports Marketing, as these obstacles did not exist with that Major.

None of these obstacles existed at Bama, not only would they guarantee him admittance to the Engineering program, his class schedule would not interfere with his practice schedule and he'd be able to compete for PT as a freshman.

pescadero

September 30th, 2015 at 6:17 PM ^

You can apply at any time.

 

If you don't get in straight out of high school, it's much easier to get in after a few semesters of good college grades.

 

I had a friend who started out in the music school because he couldn't get into engineering, applied after his freshman year, and ended up with a double major in Computer Engineering and Voice Performance.

LSAClassOf2000

September 30th, 2015 at 7:04 AM ^

Since you brought it up, I will just say that I've had a chat or two with the person who claims to be behind that account since their outing before, and if what they said is true, you won't find them on MGoBlog for the time being, or at least that was their stance at the time of the last conversation - that may have changed, of course, for it is MGoBlog and we've had a few well-known former users come back in a "redressed" form, if you will. 

Year of Revenge II

September 30th, 2015 at 10:31 AM ^

That is definitely the way it has gone in the past, which is now the past.

Those days are over.  

If he wants to go to the best school, be coached by the best coach, and have the best foundation for the rest of his life, he will choose Michigan.  If he chooses elsewhere, we will find someone else who wants those things.  Until he chooses, I will focus on Michigan.

He can help us, and us him, and I hope he chooses blue, but coaches are doing everything to bring the horse to water; you can't make him drink.

Thank you for the report though.  About what I expected.  We'll find out for real, as with everyone else on or about Feb 2.